Cigar-box.



No. 666,459. Patenrd 1an. 22, 190|.

o. Besse.

CIG-AR BOX..

(Application led Apr. 14, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Unitarian Smarts ArtNr OTTO BEESE, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,459, datedl January22, 1901.

Application led April 14,1900. .Serial No. 12,860. (No modelJl 10 allwhom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO BEESE, a citizen of the United States,residing` at Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Oiganoxes, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-boxes; and it consists inthe novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of my complete invention,showing the lid thereof in an open position. Fig. 2 is a iongitudinalsection of the same, taken on the line x cc of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is atransverse section taken on the line y y of Fig. l, with the lid in aclosed position. Fig. 4c is a perspective view of one end of the box,showing the groove formed in the longitudinal sides for the reception ofthe partition walls with parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof a modification of my invention in respect to the partition-walls, andFig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a machine which is adapted tocooperate with the cigars contained within the box for forcing thecigars upwardly and out ofthe box.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and practical boxfor containing cigars which is adapted to be properly arranged within acigar-vending machine especially ,y

constructed for the purpose, together with the cigars contained therein,forming the original package; and it consists of a series of transversepartition-walls, between which the cigars are located, the latter beingin contact with one another in a vertical direction, the said box havinga portion of its bottom removably secured to the lower edges of the endwalls of the same, whereby said portion ofthe bottom may be removedbefore the box is placed in the machine in order that the operativeparts of said machine may come in contact with the cigars locatedadjacent to the bottom of the box, whereby the said cigars will beforced upwardly at intervals during the operation of the machine.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a cigar-box of the usualconstruction and provided with a hinged cover 2, which box is adapted tohold the cigars in the usual manner and forms a package whichis adaptedto be sealed, as required by law.

Formed in the longitudinal walls of the box 1 in a vertical directionare grooves 3, which are arranged at equal distances apart', which areadapted to receive the opposite edges of the division walls 4, wherebyspaces are formed for the cigars, separating the same along the lengthof the box, but allowing said cigars to rest upon one another in avertical direction.

The bottom of the box 5 is composed of three pieces, the center portion6 of which is adapted to be removed from the box, exposing to view themedial portions of the lower row of cigars contained within the box, inwhich condition the latter is placed within a suitable cigar-vendingmachine over elevators 7, forming a part of the same, whereby saidelevators will be forced upwardly during the operation of the machineand come in contact with the lower row of cigars and operate to forcethe upper one upwardly and out of the box, other portions of saidmachine operating to push the cigars so elevated from over the box andout of contact with the remaining cigars, the said pushing devicescorresponding to the number of spaces formed by the partition-walls andelevated through the opening formed by removing the central portion 6 ofthe box.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification of my invention wherein thegrooves 3 may be dispensed With and in lieu thereof partitions formed bysecuring the opposite edges of the partitions 8 to longitudinal strips9, the parts thus secured being located in the hox l, Wherebypractically the same results will be obtained.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is-Aeiga1'box,comp1isingaseriesofpartitionwith the cigars exposed from thebottom of walls, arranged transversely within the same the box,substantially as described. 1o forming spaces foroigars, one above theother In testimony whereof I affix my signature in a vertical position,and a bottom for said in presence of two witnesses.

box a portion of which is adapted to be re- OTTO BEESE. moved leaving aspace, whereby when the Witnesses:

said box is placed in a suitable machine the C. J. ANDERSON,

operative parts of the latter will ooperate C. F. KELLER.

